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What a committee does with a bill, step by step
From the day a bill is sent to a committee to the day its report is written: the steps in plain order. Builds on “What first, second and third reading mean”.
The Committee Notebook
A short letter every Thursday: where the bills I follow are, what changed and what is coming up.
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